![]() This was originally added to the F1 Sporting Regulations, then moved to the International Sporting Code, where it remains: “Any driver moving back towards the racing line, having earlier defended his position offline, should leave at least one car width between his own car and the edge of the track on the approach to the corner.” After that it was established that a driver who moves off the racing line and then moves back towards it must leave room for another car. The convention that a defending driver has to leave a car’s width for a rival dates back to a spirited battle between Hamilton and Michael Schumacher at this track eight years earlier. But whether Leclerc was required to leave him space is debatable. He pushed me off.”Ĭlearly, Hamilton was right. Hamilton, who in Montreal showed keeps a fresh mental copy of the F1 rules and regulations, laid a specific charge at Leclerc as he resumed the chase in his W10. ![]() And who could blame them feeling that was in the cauldron of Ferrari fervour that is Monza. ![]() Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff insinuated the stewards wouldn’t want to give him the kind of penalty Sebastian Vettel received in Canada. Many felt Leclerc had been treated leniently. But a lap later, when the stewards showed him the black-and-white flag for the incident. This was not when Charles Leclerc squeezed Lewis Hamilton onto the kerb approaching the Roggia chicane, forcing the Mercedes driver onto the run-off and denying his attempt to take the lead.
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